WWI Veteran * Big Stone County

Selmer A. Martinson 

Entered Service: September 30, 1917

Branch of Service: U.S. Naval Aviation.

Trained at Great Lakes, Illinois and Miami, Florida. 

Overseas: September 4, 1918

Theatre of Operation: France.

Engagements: Meeting convoys of troops by air.    

Returned to U.S.: February, 1919.

Medals Earned: Victory. 

Discharged: March 21, 1919 at Norfolk, Virgina.

Rank: Private First Class.

Total Months Served: Eighteen.